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i have fenix flashlight. great piece of illumination.
Gifts for Geeks, 2011 Edition
Between founding Stack Overflow (and later, running Stack Exchange) and having a child, I haven't had much time to blog about the holidays for a few years now. The last Gifts for Geeks I did was in 2008. Those recommendations are still as valid as ever, but I just couldn't muster the enthusiasm...
You are attempting TWO BRANCHES in parallel! you brave!
;-)
congratulations, and stock up on the red bull.
On Parenthood
Our son was born March 12th, 2009. He's a little over two and a half years old. Now, I am the wussiest wuss to ever wuss up the joint, so take everything I'm about to say with a grain of salt – but choosing to become a parent is the hardest thing I have ever done. By far. Everything else pales ...
what? you didn't try this one out?
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The_Complicator_0x27_s_Bicycle.aspx
Geek Transportation Systems
On my first visit to the Fog Creek Software offices in 2008, I was surprised to see programmers zooming around the office on scooters. I didn't realize that scooters were something geeks would be into, but it sure looked like fun, albeit borderline dangerous fun, on the 25th floor of an office ...
One notable fact to remember is a typical server motherboard would utilise ECC RAM, which is priced much higher than consumer desktop RAM modules.
Incidentally, i just upgraded my home server from 12 to 24GB of ECC RAM. My wallet cried from the bleeding.
24 Gigabytes of Memory Ought to be Enough for Anybody
Are you familiar with this quote? 640K [of computer memory] ought to be enough for anybody. — Bill Gates It's amusing, but Bill Gates never actually said that: I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amou...
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